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Coronavirus live news: ‘no indication’ Oxford vaccine is linked to blood clots, says EU regulator
Philippines Covid variant found in UK; France investigates possible new variant in Brittany; vaccinating pregnant women could protect babies, says Israel study AstraZeneca jab: EU regulator ‘firmly convinced’ benefits outweigh…
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ChimpanZoom? Primates at Czech zoo go wild for video calls
To make up for lack of interaction under Covid-19 restrictions, apes at zoos 150km apart can now watch each others’ daily lives on big screens Coronavirus – latest updates See…
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Britons will go on £50bn spending spree when Covid rules are lifted – report
Fears of rapid rise in inflation after study finds 26% of savings made during lockdown will be spent Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britons are planning…
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Bring your own food container, or let Hong Kong drown under waste that could fill 48 IFC buildings
Having doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong’s appetite for takeaway meals has produced more disposable packaging waste than the city is equipped to deal with.The city’s culture of convenience…
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Russia worked to damage Biden in 2020 election, US intelligence report finds – as it happened
Moscow planted ‘misleading or unsubstantiated allegations’ – ODNI Biden in Pennsylvania says coronavirus aid will ‘change lives’ Harris tells UN ‘democracy depends on women’s empowerment’ Moderna to begin coronavirus vaccine…
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Getting a coronavirus vaccination in Hong Kong? Here’s what you need to know about the expanded scheme
Hong Kong’s online booking platform for Covid-19 vaccinations experienced a sudden surge in interest on Tuesday, after the city widened the scheme to cover 5.5 million people by lowering the…
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Covid death rate in prisons three times higher than outside
UCL researchers say inmates and staff in England and Wales should be given priority in vaccinations Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage People in prisons are at…
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Covid outbreak has reached my hospital in Papua New Guinea. People could soon be dying in the parking lot | Glen Mola
Port Moresby General Hospital is one of the few safe places for women to give birth, but 30% of our workforce has Covid-19 and we may have to shut our…
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Biden swings by Pennsylvania in Covid relief tour and promises ‘more help’
President visits unionized, Black-owned company to highlight how $1.9tn package will lift small businesses Joe Biden stopped by a unionized, Black-owned flooring company in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on…
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US woman gives birth to first known baby with Covid antibodies, doctors say
The mother, a frontline healthcare worker, received her first Moderna dose in January, at 36 weeks pregnant A woman in south Florida who had received one dose of coronavirus vaccine…